Credits
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I stole this idea from liquidx who probably stole it from one of the many
projects that do something similar.
Abstract
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Gentoo Linux should have one day a month that is devoted to clearing out bugs,
and accepting new ebuilds from Bugzilla. This one day a month should not
replace a developers normal bug tracking duties. This "bug day" should become
something that involves the user community to make them feel closer to the
developers.
Motivation
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I believe this would help keep the number of bugs in Bugzilla at a lower level.
This would also be a good chance for some user-submitted ebuilds to be committed
that would normally go overlooked. I think this is a good idea. We could turn
this into a big deal for the user community.
Specification
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This doesn't require any coding. It just requires one day each month that
little other than bug closing will happen. I would like to see all developers
participate, but I know it's unlikely that we could get everybody free on the
same day. The majority of the people that have had an opinion have
suggested a weekend day. We will have bugday's on a Saturday. Gentoo
developers can try to get some of the users to help them out. A prize to
the most successful developer was suggested. This is an idea to keep in
mind for the future. I guess I'm going to be the one coordinating this
until I get help, but when I do get help in coordinating this we can
coordinate via IRC if all parties are capable, or email if not. I will
send out a notice telling the details at least one week in advance to the
-dev, -core, and -user mailing lists.
Rationale
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GNOME [1]_, Mozilla [2]_, Zope, and other open source projects do something
similar with good success.
References
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.. [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Bugsquad/TriageGuide/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
.. [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugdays
Copyright
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